Architectural Sketches

Artists

Description

The architectural sketches are drawn on half of a folded sheet. There appears to be a profile head drawn on the verso of the sheet, but it is completely adhered to the album leaf. This may be a sheet of Royal Academy letterhead, with the printed side adhered to the leaf.

Dimensions

20.6 x 12.9 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)

Provenance

David Murray, London, sold; [through Christie’s, London, May 28, 1934, lot 2], sold; [to Martin Birnbaum], gift; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935, bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 A number of the drawings in this album were given to Murray (a Scottish landscape painter and Royal Academician, 1849-1933) by Sargent. Murray lived at 1A Langham Chambers, Portland Place, London.